Patents by Inventor Yu Azuma

Yu Azuma has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12232660
    Abstract: There is provided a bathtub apparatus capable of satisfactorily detecting an electrocardiographic signal even in a state where water is being discharged into a bathtub by a water discharge device. The present invention is a bathtub apparatus (1) including a bathtub main body (2), a water discharge device (8) that discharges water toward inside of the bathtub main body and is provided above a first inner wall surface (2a) forming a short side of the bathtub main body, and electrodes (4a, 4b, 4c) attached to the bathtub main body to detect an electrocardiographic signal of a bathing person, where the electrodes are arranged on an inner wall surface of the bathtub main body, and are arranged closer to the first inner wall surface than a position (P) where water discharged from the water discharge device hits a water surface of the water stored in the bathtub main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tsuboi, Koji Sonoda, Kei Watanabe, Yu Ichikawa, Masayoshi Enoki, Kensuke Azuma, Ryoko Uno, Mao Jinde, Yuwa Ishii, Kenji Furukawa, Hiroki Kurita
  • Patent number: 11735216
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic substrate; a soft magnetic layer; a first seed layer; a second seed layer; an underlayer; and a perpendicular magnetic recording layer. The soft magnetic layer, the first seed layer, the second seed layer, the underlayer and the perpendicular magnetic recording layer are disposed on the non-magnetic substrate in this order. The first seed layer includes MoS2, hexagonal-BN, WS2, WSe2 or graphite. The second seed layer includes AlN having a hexagonal wurtzite type crystal structure. The underlayer includes Ru.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: RESONAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota Hasegawa, Yu Azuma
  • Publication number: 20210005219
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic substrate; a soft magnetic layer; a first seed layer; a second seed layer; an underlayer; and a perpendicular magnetic recording layer. The soft magnetic layer, the first seed layer, the second seed layer, the underlayer and the perpendicular magnetic recording layer are disposed on the non-magnetic substrate in this order. The first seed layer includes MoS2, hexagonal-BN, WS2, WSe2 or graphite. The second seed layer includes AlN having a hexagonal wurtzite type crystal structure. The underlayer includes Ru.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Kota HASEGAWA, Yu AZUMA
  • Publication number: 20140375191
    Abstract: Refrigerator (100) includes RFID tag (21) in which an appliance information is stored, product label (23) that indicates the appliance information, and a plurality of parts that configure refrigerator (100). In addition, product label (23) and RFID tag (21) are disposed on the same part among the plurality of parts. In this way, refrigerator (100) is provided, in which product label (23) and RFID tag (21) for identifying the individual home appliance are centrally managed and a mismatch between the appliance information items is prevented in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Masakazu Hoashi, Yasuhiro Tsujii, Yoshito Kimura, Yu Azuma
  • Publication number: 20140319993
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes refrigerator body having a plurality of storage rooms, a plurality of doors that open and close the plurality of storage rooms, and RFID tag that performs proximity communication. In addition, RFID tag is provided on the uppermost door among a plurality of doors. In this way, a specific communication failure of refrigerator or dirt on mobile terminal which easily occurs due to the spilling of water or dirt at the time of taking food in and out of the refrigerator can be prevented, and thus, it is possible to provide refrigerator having a high reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshito Kimura, Fumiaki Sato, Osamu Ueno, Yu Azuma, Takafumi Komeda